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As expected I did not finish my Gotha build in the Ukranian GB so have transferred it to the KUTA - here is a link to the previous part of the build. I have tidied up the fuselage adding the segment of the forward gun ring which could be lifted up to provide access, together with the missing raised lip at the rear of the other gun position where the "corridor" would have been in the G.IV, and I have glazed the "Cellon" windows. I have also painted the lower wing centre section and added decal stripes for the non-slip walkway - some sources say they were black, others aluminium. As you can see I have assembled and painted the engine pods which was a bit of a fiddle. As with the Roden Albatros and Pfalz scouts I built earlier the "engine bearers" inside the cowlings needed reducing in size, and the position of the cylinder block was a bit vague - I ended up mounting it a little too far back and had to extend the pipe that runs over the top in each case. On the blue painted planes the cowlings and struts seem to have been light grey though they were a grey green on the later camo versions apparently. Roden offer two types of exhaust - early and late and they say that the plane I am modelling had the late version which was apparently an attempt at both silencing and flame damping. The Brits tested an example from a crashed plane on a DH.9 and said that although it did reduce the noise by around 4% and stopped flames, there were still sparks emitted and after a few minutes at full throttle the exhaust glowed bright red and was plainly visible at night. A bit more narrative- I suppose that the “Gotha Bombers” are best known for the raids on London, though those were only carried out by the later G.IV, G.V. And G.Va/b variants which just about had enough range for the job with a reduced bombload. As with the earlier G.II/III, all versions also carried out shorter range missions over France where they were able to carry a heavier payload, and the later versions also carried out numerous raids on the South East coast of the UK either deliberately or as a result of adverse weather conditions or malfunctions preventing them reaching London. The following is based on the Osprey Campaign books on the Zeppelin and Gotha raids which are very interesting though as ever with books, I do not know how accurate they are. Zeppelin raids against London had started at the end of May 1915 and continued until October 1917, though the airships were still in use for some time after that. Towards the end of 1916 the German High Command began looking at using the new Gotha G.IV and the various “R” (Riesenflugzeug) designs (often called “Giants”) to supplement the Zeppelins in the campaign against London and eventually replace them as aircraft were much cheaper, quicker to build, required far less resources and crew, and were expected to have better performance. With this in mind a new unit was created in March 1917 – Kagohl 3 (Kampfgeschwader 3 der Oberste Heeresleitung which translates to something like “Battle Squadron 3 of the Army High Command”) . Later the name would change to Bogohl 3 (Bomben Geschwader 3 der O.H.L.). Using bases clustered around Ghent in Belgium, Kagohl 3 under the command of Ernst Brandenburg spent some time working up but on May 25th 1917 they set off for their first attempt at bombing London, only to find that the city was covered by dense fog so they turned back and bombed Folkestone on the coast. The second attempt on June 5th encountered similar problems and it was not until June 12th that they reached London for the first time. 20 planes took off, but 2 turned back with engine problems, and after they crossed the English coast another 4 left the formation, dropping bombs on various targets of opportunity before heading for home, leaving 14 to make the intended attack. This is it seems fairly typical as a combination of weather problems together with aircraft unreliability and maybe navigation errors (particularly at night) would mean that in the following raids only part of the original formation would reach the target – in some cases only a handful bombed London itself. The weather was not only a problem over the target, as on at least one occasion aircraft returning from a raid found their airfields covered by fog resulting in a spate of crashes. This first raid is said to have resulted in 162 killed, 426 injured and damage estimated at £125953 at the time. All aircraft returned safely to their bases. To be continued........ Pete
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Can I join in with this one please?? Its from the stash, always a good incentive to get it built! Battered box - surely the previous owner looked inside and said - nah.... cool box art tho Sprues - apologies for lighting - cant really see the quality of the plastic... Looks t be a bit of flash and some indistinct moulding here and there - nothing I am not used to And kit and aftermarket decals from Steelwork-Models.DE. I am fancying a splinter 3 colour camo machine - a few options. Kit decals present the serial in white, whereas I have only ever seen black serials - anyone comment? Wont be starting until I have completed the three models in the Heli group build, so need to push on with those. Cheers JP
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Had fun building the somewhat fiddly 1/72nd scale Roden Albatros kit (several of them are currently under construction in Mein Albatroswerke!)as the License Built OEFFAG that Brunowski, A-H Lead Ace, flew. The unique KuK camouflage was done freehand watching an evening of Television. Give me a Sunny Day and VOILA! the Dual Monarchy Again Takes to the Skies! BTW, just finished the book "The Fortress" by Alexander Watson - dealing with the siege of Przemysl and the "Bloodlands" of Eastern Europe. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! Austria-Hungary's Polish province Galicia regional capital, Lviv, is now Ukraine....but Przemysl is in modern Poland - and in fact is now a major Refugee Center. The Borders in that area are very Fungible.....
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Roden is to release a 1/144th Boeing RC-135U Combat Sent kit - ref. 349 Source: http://roden.eu/HTML/framemodels1.html V.P.
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